Horseshoe with removable calks.



C. COTTEN. HORSESHOE WlTH REMOVABLE CALKS. APPLICAIION man N8, 1916.

1,218,630. Patented-Mar. 13, 1917.

WITNESSES C N VEN TOR,

mw BY v ATT NEY.

CALEB COTTEN, 0F SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO I. P. DUNCAN AND ONE-THIRD TO W. S. THEOBOLD, BOTH 0F SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

HORSESHOE WITH REMOVABLE CALKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 8, 1916. Serial N 0. 71,121.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALEB COTTEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes with Hemovable Calks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horseshoes of that class having readily removable calks and it consists of the following novel construction and arrangements of parts, to be hereinafter described and claimed; reference being had to the annexed drawing forming part of this specification and to the figures marked thereon, in which:

Figure l, is a face view of my invention showing the toe calk and one of the heel calks in place, one heel calk being removed.

Fig. 2, is a cross section through a-a, Fig. 1, showing the toe calk in place.

Fig. 3, is a cross section through b-?), Fig. 1, showing the heel calk in place.

Fig. 4, is a face view of one of the heel calks showing it as it was just removed from the dovetail socket 9 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5, is a side view of Fig. 4:.

Fig. 6, is a back end view of Figs. 4 and 5.

Similar letters and numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

A denotes the body of the horse-shoe; 1 the front toe calk; 2 the dove-tail groove head for holding the front toe calk 1 to the horse shoe; 8 the stopping lug for preventing the front toe calk 1 being driven through the dove tail groove 2; 5 the holding or looking point; 6 and 6 the heel calks; 7 and 7 the stopping lugs for preventing the heel calks 6 and 6' being driven through the dove tail groove 8 and 8; 9 and 9 the holding or looking point; 10 and 10 the sharpened point on the heel calks 6 and 6; 11 the sharpened point on the toe calk 1.

As will be seen upon reference to Fig. 1, the stop lugs which are integral with the body of the shoe each have a straight vertical face in substantial horizontal alinement with the inner end of the groove. This is deemed important because as the calk is driven in, as soon as its inner face strikes this vertical face of the stop lug the calk is in place and then the point 9 or 9 can be bent over at right angles to its length so as to have a flat bearing against the inner face of the wall at the inner end of said groove! The shoe formed of the regular shape with the dove tailed groove 2 running horizontally with the face into which is driven the dove tailed calk 1 may be formed in any suitable manner. After placing the dove tailed calk l in the dovetailed groove 2 I bend the locking point 5 against the end of the dove tailed groove 2, as shown by dotted lines at 5, thus preventing the dove tailed calk 1 from working out of the dove tailed groove 2.

On the heel or ends of the horse-shoe I construct a dove tailed groove 8 and 8 running vertical with the face into which is driven the dove tailed calk 6 and 6. After placing the dove tailed calk 6 and 6 in the dove tail groove Sand 8 I bend the locking point 9 and 9 against the end of the dove tail groove 8 and 8 as shown at 9 thus preventing the dove tail heel calks 6 and 6 from working out of the dove tailed groove 8 and 8. Here the stop lug is arranged as before described and the projecting point is bent at right angles to its length and disposed directly against the fiat inner face of the wall at the inner end of the groove.

Having thus described the parts of my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

A horseshoe formed with a dovetailed groove in its face and with an integral lug having a straight vertical face in substantially horizontal alinement with the inner end of said groove, and a calk having dovetailed cross section to fit said groove and a projection at one end upon one side and bent at right angles to its' length against the inner face of the wall at the inner end of said groove.

CALEB COTTEN. Witnesses F. L. HoRsPooL, H. C. MOUTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

